that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> it is 22 past the hour. welcome back to "morning joe." joining the table now -- >> a whole segment on tennessee moon shine. >> jon meacham, author of the forthcoming book "thomas jefferson --" >> when is it coming out? >> it's coming right after the election, right after america decides. then you'll take a step back and understand how it all really happened do you know how hard it is to rub a chin this long? the patches? >> wow. >>> also with us, best selling author michael lewis. michael's book "boomerang travels in the new third world" is now out in paper back. in the latest issue of "vanity fair," michael writes about the six months of unprecedented access he was granted to president obama in the white house. the piece reads, in part, an aspect of this job i have trouble getting comfortable with is its bizarre emotional demands. in the span of a few hours, a president will go from celebrating the super bowl champions to running meetings on how to fix the financial system to watching people on tv mak